The Freeburg Midgets kept their playoff hopes alive as they defended their home turf on Senior Night and beat the visiting Salem Wildcats 28-0. It was domination by the tailback/quarterback tandem of Tucker Murphy and Cole Stuart. They were the Midgets offense accounting for 387 of their 398 yards of offense. Murphy was the biggest contributor as he rushed 36 times for 230 yards and touchdown runs of 10, 39 and 8 yards out. Stuart had 157 yards on just 11 carries. In the game the Midgets rushing attack averaged over 8 yards per carry.
For the Cats offensively Sam Greene rushed 15 times for 59 yards but was sacked 6 times. Jeremiah Reinhart added 15 carries for 47 yards. Salem falls to 4-4 overall and will have to win at 6-2 Charleston next weekend to secure a playoff spot.
The Carlyle Indians won the inaugural Tomahawk Game Trophy over Wesclin as Dakota Rakers scored a 6-yard touchdown on the game’s final play to give Carlyle the 28-25.
Scoreboard:
Althoff 53 Granite City 14
Benton 41 Pinckneyville 0
Breese Central 33 Columbia 13
Breese Mater Dei 55 St Teresa 7
Carbondale 32 marion 26
Carlinville 28 Hillsboro 7
Carlyle 28 Wesclin 25
Carmi 14 Eldorado 8
Charleston 55 Taylorville 7
Collinsville 28 Cahokia 6
DuQuoin 55 Nashville 24
Dupo 30 Flora 28
East St Louis 27 Edwardsville 15
Edwards County 28 Christopher 20
Effingham 21 Mt Zion 14
Fairfield 44 Hamilton County 0
Freeburg 28 Salem 0
Greenville 48 Piasa SW 7
Highland 47 Jerseyville 7
Litchfield 20 Pana 15
Mahomet Seymour 49 Mattoon 6
Mount Vernon 70 Centralia 41
Murphysboro 43 Carterville 26
O’Fallon 23 Alton 0
Red Bud 14 Chester 7
Red Hill 27 Massac County 7
Roxana 45 EAWR 0
Sesser 30 Johnston City 28 (OT)
Staunton 36 North Mac 20
Triad 51 Civic Memorial 6
Vandalia 52 Gillespie 13
Waterloo 42 Mascoutah 13
